“When we see people, global elites, wealthy corporations seemingly living by a different set of rules, avoiding taxes, manipulating loopholes... this feeds a profound sense of injustice.”

Barack Obama said in Greece in

November as he travelled Europe for the last time as US president

“I believe my husband. I believe my husband.”

Melania Trump

told CNN about the sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump in

October

“People become happy to see flowers, but I get scared. I just stare at them and wonder if they are meant for love or for profit.”

Roads and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader

at a programme in the capital in December

“It's unbelievable that a person like him can utter such an unacceptable and illogical statement [Minister Sayedul Hoque's alleged derogatory comment on a minority community attacked in Nasirnagar]. We will certainly take organisational and other actions if anyone submits evidence to us in this regard.”

AL Joint General Secretary

Mahbubul Alam Hanif

at a press conference in November

“We have repeatedly said that we want impartial judicial inquiry into the incident (attack on minorities in Nasirnagar) because we think the investigation will never be neutral if it is conducted by police or administration.”

Eminent rights activist

Sultana Kamal at a press conference at the capital's Liberation War Museum in November

“What we have seen at Madarpur Santal village [in Gaibandha] cannot merely be termed a brutal communal attack. It can be compared with the brutality committed in 1971.”

Sanjeeb Drong, General Secretary of

Bangladesh Adivasi Forum in November

“Let me ask you, have you even read the United States Constitution?... In this document, look for the words, look for the words, liberty and equal protection (under) law… You have sacrificed nothing. And no one.”

Khizr Khan, father of a slain Muslim American soldier,

told Donald Trump in July

“The people of Bangladesh are exposed to severe harm due to smuggling of drugs from the neighbouring country.”

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan

about Yaba factories in Myanmar in October

“If I could, I would have walked away leaving the bus here. But I cannot do this... I have to think about my passengers.”